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We are more than 1,100 local business and community leaders throughout the state of Florida who are deeply involved in improving public education as board members of local education foundations. We are a unique voice in Florida public education – bringing together a business perspective with an understanding of how to lead innovation in public education.
Our goal is to inform discussion and decision-making on key education issues by presenting both sides, as well as introducing new viewpoints. We are surveyed regularly on key education issues to canvass our thoughts and opinions, which are shared with the public, state and local education officials, and policy makers.
Our goal is to inform discussion and decision-making on key education issues by presenting both sides, as well as introducing new viewpoints. We are surveyed regularly on key education issues to canvass our thoughts and opinions, which are shared with the public, state and local education officials, and policy makers.
Education Commissioner Bennet Speaks Out about Common Core
Date:
Monday, April 29, 2013
Category:
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk
Summary:
Florida Education Commissioner, Tony Bennett, recently addressed concerns over Common Core State Standards in a speech. more…
Public Radio Partner Airs Common Core Transition Concerns
Date:
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Category:
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk
Summary:
Community Relations Director for News at Florida Public Radio Network, Tom Flanigan, produced an audio clip relating concerns over the push for schools to transition to Common Core curriculum. more…
TED Talk on Using Data to Build Better Schools
Date:
Friday, March 29, 2013
Category:
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk
Summary:
Watch this excellent TED talk by Andreas Schleicher entitled “Use data to build better schools”. He does a good job of analyzing countries’ global rank based on the PISA test (an international measure). See how data is being used to help schools improve and learn the single factor that makes some systems outperform others. more…
Florida School Reforms: Too Much at Once?
Date:
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Category:
Announcements
Announcements
Summary:
Imagine that you run a large organization. The public perception is that you have a quality problem. Your investors are demanding changes for improvement. There has been turnover at the top — you're the fourth CEO in the past 20 months. There are plans in place to make some changes; in fact, there are plans to implement major changes in four areas at the same time, and some of these pieces are overlapping. How successful are these changes likely to be? more…
Voice Members & Business Leaders Surveyed on Coming Education Reform
Date:
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Category:
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk
Summary:
Florida is in the midst of perhaps the largest and most significant K-12 public education reform in its history. Learn what these reform efforts are and what the business community thinks are the most important factors to be considered for them to be successful. more…
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